Sporting Shooting

See also: Shooting

The sporting shooting includes/understands the Tir with the gun, the rifle and the crossbow (the Tir with the arc and the Sarbacane are regarded as sports with share).

The many disciplines of the sporting shooting in common have the use of a weapon to try to reach, with the maximum of precision and a repetitive way, a target located at a very variable distance. The targets, according to the disciplines, are located at distances from 10 to 300 meters (even more for the shooting long distance) of the gunner.

It is the third Individual sport practiced in the world (after the Tennis and the Golf). It is about a Sport diversified, thanks to these many disciplines, and which is practiced at any age.

The shooting is practiced in sporting clubs, gathered of national federations (French federation of Shooting for France), which coordinate each other between them on the level of international authorities (ISO for example).

Certain disciplines are Olympic: gun and rifle 10 meters compressed-air, gun speed and combined ladies with 25 meters which are practiced with guns of gauge 22LR, free gun and rifle with 50 meters, both also gauges 22LR of it.

The fact of using a Arme for ludic practices is strongly disputed by certain people who estimate that it is a factor of criminality; for them, the practice of the sporting shooting is a school of violence. This analysis is refuted by the partisans of the discipline, who estimate that the object has little importance in itself and that only the use imports that one makes some; on the contrary, the sporting shooting lays the stress on the calm one and the concentration, values contrary to violence. However, it is noticed that the high level athletes practitioner the sporting shooting are calm and considered people.

The sporting shooting in France: the French federation of shooting

In France, the main confederation is the French federation of shooting or FFTir. Association according to the Law of 1901, it is recognized of public utility.

It counts 28 leagues and more than 140.000 bachelors between 9 and 99 years including 5.000 candidates, 200 candidates of international level, 30 gunners having taken part in the OJ and 5 medal-holders with the OJ. Approximately 11.000 women are counted.

Disciplines recognized by FFTir

FFTir recognizes the following disciplines:

Rifle

Rifle/10 meters

The shooting with 10 meters is practiced in position upright. Frequently imposed by the clubs of shooting like an initiation before an orientation towards the other disciplines, the shooting with 10 meters allows the training of the bodies of a weapon (bodies of aiming, tail of relaxation, cylinder head), ballistics (trajectory of a projectile) and concepts of safety (zone of shooting, principles of control of the weapons). This is also valid for the gun with 10 meters.
  • Weapon: compressed-air standard rifle, gauges 4,5.
  • Programme for the ladies: 40 blows in 1:15
  • Program for the seniors: 60 blows in 1:45
  • 10 exchange: 0.5mm

Rifle/50 meters/3 X 40 (man)

  • Weapon: free rifle of small gauge (22 long riffle)
  • Programme:
    • 40 blows in position “laid down” in 0:45
    • 40 blows in position “upright” in 1:15
    • 40 blows in position “knee with ground” in 1:00
  • 10 exchange: 10,4 mm

Rifle/50 meters/3 X 20 (woman)

  • Weapon: free rifle of small gauge (22 long riffle)
  • Programme:
    • 20 blows in position “lying”
    • 20 blows in position “upright”
    • 20 blows in position “knee with ground”
  • the whole in 2:15.
  • 10 exchange: 10,4 mm

Rifle/50 meters/60 balls lying (English match)

  • Weapon: free rifle of small gauge (22 long riffle)
  • Programme: 60 blows in position “slept” in 1:15
  • 10 exchange: 10.4 mm

Rifle/300 meters/60 balls lying

  • Weapon: free rifle large gauge
  • Program: 60 blows in position “laid down” in 1:30 (or 1:15 with electronic targets)
  • 10 exchange: 100 mm

Rifle/300 meters/3 X 40

  • Weapon: free rifle large gauge
  • 40 blows in position “laid down” in 1:15 (or 1:00)
  • 40 blows in position “upright” in 1:45 (or 1:30)
  • 40 blows in position “knee with ground” in 1:30 (or 1:15)
  • 10 exchange: 65 mm

Rifle/300 meters/3 X 20

  • Weapon: standard rifle large gauge
  • 20 blows in position “lying”
  • 20 blows in position “upright”
  • 20 blows in position “knee with ground”
  • the whole in 2:30
  • 10 exchange: 65 mm

Gun

Gun/10 meters

  • Weapon: air gun or C02
  • Program for the men: 60 leads in 1:45
  • Program for the ladies: 40 leads in 1:15
  • 10 exchange: 11.5 mm

Gun/10 meters/Standard

  • Weapon: air gun or C02 with charger of 5 blows
  • Target: The same one as for the gun 10M, one draws 5 lead by target in a time limited 10 seconds
  • Programme for the men: 40 leads in 8 10 seconds series
  • Program for the ladies: 30 leads in 6 10 seconds series

Gun/10 meters/Speed

  • Weapon: air gun or C02 with charger of 5 blows
  • Target: One draws 1 blow on each of the 5 tilting targets of diameter 30mm
  • Programme for the men: 40 leads in 8 10 seconds series
  • Program for the ladies: 30 leads in 6 10 seconds series

Gun/25 meters/Olympic Speed

  • Weapon: gun .22 Long Riffles
  • Target: 5 swivelling targets
  • Program:
    • 2 series of 5 blows in 8 seconds
    • 2 series of 5 blows in 6 seconds
    • 2 series of 5 blows in 4 seconds
¢e which constitutes a half programs, for a complete program, one starts again the series for a total of 60 blows which count, therefore a total of 600 for a perfect match.

Gun/25 meters/Sport (combined 22)

  • Weapon: revolver or gun 22 long riffle, 32 or 38
  • Programme:
    • 6 series “precision” of 5 balls in 5 minutes
    • 6 series “speed” of 5 balls (3/7 seconds/ball)

Gun/25 meters/Standard

  • Weapon: gun 22 long riffle
  • Programme:
    • 4 X 5 blows in 150 seconds
    • 4 X 5 blows in 20 seconds
    • 4 X 5 blows in 10 seconds

Gun/50 meters/Free

  • Weapon: free gun 22 long riffle
  • Programme: 60 balls in 2:00

Crossbow

Crossbow/10 meters

  • Weapon: crossbow of less than 6,750 kg
  • Milked: 4,5 mm
  • Program for the ladies and the juniors: 40 blows in 100 minutes
  • Program for the seniors: 60 blows in 135 minutes
  • Specialist in the discipline: Bertrand Ballouard

Crossbow/30 meters

  • Weapon: free crossbow
  • Milked: 6 mm
  • Program:
    • 30 blows in position “upright”
    • 30 blows in position “knee with ground”

Crossbow/Field/10 meters/room

  • Weapon: crossbow Field
  • Arrow: 16 inches
  • Program: 40 arrows on blazon of 25 cm. 3 minutes by flights of 4 arrows.
  • Adjustments in competition: 2 flights of 4 arrows in 8 minutes.

Crossbow/Field/25 meters/external

60 arrows on blazons of 60 or 40 cm in 20 flights of 3 arrows.

Crossbow/Field/Handle external IR 900/

30 arrows on blazons of 60 cm to 65,50 then 35 meters.

Moving target

Moving target/10 meters

  • Weapon: air gun with magnifying sight tube
  • Way of the target: 2 meters
  • Program:
    • 30 blows of slow speed (way of the target in 5 seconds)
    • 30 blows of fast speed (2,5 seconds)

Moving target/50 meters

  • Weapon: rifle 22 long riffle with magnifying sight tube
  • Trajet of the target: 10 meters
  • Program:
    • 30 blows of slow speed (5 seconds)
    • 30 blows of fast speed (2,5 seconds)

Plates

Plates/Olympic Pit

  • Weapon: gauge lower or equal to 12
  • the pit is located at 15 meters of the 5 stations of shooting occupied in turn by 6 gunners (by bearing). Launching of the plates according to unknown angles of the gunners. The gunner shoulders before the appearance of the plate. It can use 2 cartridges per plate.

Plates/Olympic Skeet

  • Weapon: shotgun whose gauge is lower or equal to 12
  • 7 stations of shooting on a course in arc of circle, 8th station in the center of the arc of circle. 2 huts of launching (SWEATER and MARK) at the ends of the course. 1 cartridge by plate.
  • Program:
    • Item 1: simple of SWEATER (only one plate), doubled PULL/MARK (two plates launched simultaneously)
    • Item 2: simple of SWEATER, doubled PULL/MARK
    • Item 3: simple of SWEATER, doubled PULL/MARK
    • Item 4: simple of SWEATER, simple of MARK, 2 doubled PULL/MARK
    • Item 5: simple of SWEATER, doubled PULL/MARK
    • Item 6: simple of MARK, doubled MARK/PULL
    • Item 7: doubled MARK/PULL
    • Item 8: simple of SWEATER, simple of MARK

Plates/Double Trap

Provision identical to the Olympic pit but 1 cartridge by plate and two plates is launched simultaneously with a known angle and a trajectory.

Others

Bench Rest/Shooting of precision on support

  • Weapon: arms with shoulder large gauge with magnifying glasses
  • the gunner, sitting and arms it resting on a support, must group as much as possible the impacts (5 balls in 7 minutes). This sport is of American origin and knew to be essential in the world of the sporting shooting in particular in Europe.

Sporting shooting Speed

  • Weapon: revolver or gun large gauge of the 9mm para known as gauges minor with the 45 ACP STATES known as major with or without optical apparatus of aiming.
    • There exist several categories and under categories
      • Open: generally weapons of gauge 38 super car with optical apparatus of aiming.
        • Standard
      • : generally weapons of gauge 40SW whose dimensions must be strict.
      • Production: all weapons of production starting from the gauge 9mm.
      • Standard Revolver: gauge 40SW or 357 Mg.
      • Open Revolver: gauge 38SA; 40SW or 357 Mg with optical apparatus of aiming.

  • Parcours including/understanding of 9 match (national selection) with 32 (championship of Europe and the world) These tests are discovered by the gunners a few minutes before their passage (distance, type of target, mobility… vary).

metal Silhouettes

  • Weapon: large gun or revolver gauges or 22 long riffle or rifle 22 long riffle.
  • Program:
    • 10 balls out of 10 chicken targets (chicken) with 25 or 50 meters
    • 10 balls out of 10 wild boar targets (javelina) with 50 or 100 meters
    • 10 balls out of 10 targets of turkey (turkey) with 75 or 150 meters
    • 10 balls out of 10 targets of moufflon (RAM) with 100 or 200 meters

It is for each distance 2x5 silhouette which is drawn. There are 30 seconds to charge his weapon and to prepare to draw, then there are 2 min 30 S to draw his series of 5 silouettes. There is a short pause between two series of the same distance, but as soon as one changes distance from silhouettes, there is the raising of the fallen animals what makes it possible the gunner to change station.

Old weapons

Blasting powder only.

Old weapons/Handgun/Cible fixes/Épreuve Cominazzo

Arms: gun with flint with unrifled bore Old weapons or counterparts of old weapons. Outdistance: 25 meters

Unfolding:

- Preparation: provision of the targets and the implements blasting. - Startup of the test (30 min)

> Buckling (falcutatif): Blow for " rien" who allows to check the operation of the weapon. > Shooting of 13 balls.

The 3 minus good scores are eliminated. Result on 100 (10 better balls). A ball on a line is counted for the zone in which there it is most present.

Old weapons/Handgun/Cible fixes/Épreuve Kuchenreuter

Arms: gun with percussion

Old weapons or counterparts of old weapons. Outdistance: 25 meters Unfolding:

- Preparation: provision of the targets and the implements blasting. - Startup of the test (30 min)

> Buckling (falcutatif): Blow for " rien" who allows to emerge the chimneys.

> Shooting of 13 balls.

The 3 minus good scores are eliminated. Result on 10. A ball on a line is counted for the zone in which there it is most present.

Prize list: Individual and of groups.

Old weapons/Handgun/Cible fixes/Épreuve Tanzutsu

Arms: gun with wick

Old weapons or counterparts of old weapons. Outdistance: 25 meters Unfolding:

- Preparation: provision of the targets and the implements blasting. - Startup of the test (30 min)

> Buckling (falcutatif): Blow for " rien" who allows to prepare the gun and the bassinet> Tir of 13 balls.

The 3 minus good scores are eliminated. Result on 10. A ball on a line is counted for the zone in which there it is most present.

Prize list: Individual and of groups.

Old weapons/Handgun/Cible fixes/Épreuve Colt

Arms: revolver with percussion of origin

Old weapons/Handgun/Cible fixes/Épreuve Mariette

Arms: revolver with percussion

Counterparts of old weapons. Outdistance: 25 meters

Unfolding:

- Preparation: provision of the targets and the implements blasting. - Startup of the test (30 min)

> Buckling (falcutatif): Blow for " rien" who allows to emerge the chimneys. A revolver of 6 blows allows you 6 bucklings with starters.

> Shooting of 13 balls: 5 + 5 + 3 or 6 + 6 + 1. Blow by prohibited Blow.

The 3 minus good scores are eliminated. Result on 10. A ball on a line is counted for the zone in which there it is most present.

Prize list: Individual and of groups.

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Cible fixes/Épreuve Hizadai

  • Weapon: Mousquet with wick smoothes
  • Position “knee with ground”
  • Distance: 50 meters

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Cible fixes/Épreuve Maximilien

  • Weapon: Rifle or rifle with flint, rifled bore
  • Position “lying”
  • Distance: 100 meters

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Cible fixes/Épreuve Miquelet

  • Weapon: Rifle with flint, unrifled bore
  • Position “upright”
  • Distance: 50 meters

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Cible fixes/Épreuve Minie

  • Weapon: Lawful rifle with percussion, rifled bore
  • Distance: 100 meters
Like with the 200 meters

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Cible fixes/Épreuve Tanegashima

  • Weapon: Mousquet with wick smoothes
  • Position “upright”
  • Distance: 50 meters

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Cible fixes/Épreuve Vetterli

  • Weapon: free
  • Distance: 50 meters

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Cible fixes/Épreuve Valkyrie

  • Weapon: Rifle or rifle with percussion
  • Distance: 100 meters
  • female Test

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Cible fixes/Whitworth Épreuve

  • Weapon: Rifle or rifle with percussion
  • Distance: 100 meters

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Plates/Manton Test

  • Weapon: rifle with flint
  • Test of simplified pit/25 plates

Old weapons/Weapon of shoulder/Plates/Lorenzoni Test

  • Weapon: rifle with percussion
  • Test of simplified pit/25 plates

The school of Shooting

The school of shooting accommodates the children from 9 to 14 years. The purpose of it is to teach with the children (chicks categories, youngest children, tiny) the basic methods of the Sporting Shooting.

  • the chicks draw in position upright with spring bracket.

  • the youngest children draw in position upright with balancelle bracket.
  • the tiny ones draw in position upright lawful without support.

The taught discipline is the gun 10 meters or the rifle 10 meters.

The tiny ones can also practice the gun speed, the rifle 3 positions and the crossbow field.

Specialists in various disciplines

Bonds

  • Site of the French federation of Shooting

  • Site of the Swiss federation of Shooting
  • Site of the international federation of sporting Shooting

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